Your ISP Is Watching Everything - Fix It With DNS Filtering!

Dad, the engineer November 18, 2025
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If your Smart TV is spying on you, your phone is narcing, and your ISP is selling your secrets… this video is for you. THE PI-HOLE VIDEO IS OUT! Check it out here: https://youtu.be/RoKi4-MCLRw DNS filtering sounds boring, but it quietly kills 70–90% of the junk your devices are constantly trying to talk to — tracking servers, advertising servers, telemetry, data brokers, Smart TV ACR endpoints, botnet callbacks, malware domains, and all kinds of nonsense that has nothing to do with what you’re actually doing online. And the best part? I have solutions for every skill level. In this video you’ll learn: ✔️ How DNS works (and why it exposes your behavior) ✔️ How DNS filtering blocks ads, tracking & Smart TV spying ✔️ What DNS filtering can and cannot block ✔️ Beginner solutions: NextDNS, AdGuard DNS, AdGuard device app ✔️ Network-wide filtering using your router ✔️ Expert solutions: Pi-hole, AdGuard Home ✔️ S-Tier: Self-hosting Unbound, Bind9, Knot If you want an easy tutorial on installing Pi-hole, or AdGuard Home on a Raspberry Pi, tell me in the comments! Related videos: Dad Ruins Smart TV surveillance, part 1: https://youtu.be/PXsERGUtSPo Dad Ruins Smart TV surveillance, part 2: https://youtu.be/-uq5Vc-L4YQ Dad Ruins VPNs: https://youtu.be/khRloPgR6aY Dad Ruins Incogni/DeleteMe: https://youtu.be/Db5yytjGAOQ Dad Ruins Your Router: https://youtu.be/NxBW23np8zk Dad Explains Router Function: https://youtu.be/0vvxMVhN92Y 00:00 – If Your Devices Are Spying On You… Watch This 01:07 – What DNS Is and How It Works 02:44 – How DNS Leaks Your Entire Life Story 03:05 – Why ISPs Love DNS Data (Surprise, it's $$$!) 03:34 – Make DNS work for you 06:02 – Beginner Tier: On-Device DNS Filtering: NextDNS, AdGuard, et al. 08:32 – Intermediate Tier: Network-Wide DNS via Your Router 10:21 – Expert Tier: Pi-hole & AdGuard Home 11:41 – S-Tier: Self-Hosted Recursive Resolvers (Unbound, Bind9, Knot) 14:27 – Catch the Bad Actors Bypassing Your Filtering! 15:08 – Choose the Next Video - Pi-hole or AdGuard Home 15:23 – Conclusion: Take Back Control of Your DNS - IT'S EASY! #DNSFiltering #NextDNS #AdGuard #AdGuardDNS #AdGuardHome #PiHole #Unbound #Bind9 #KnotResolver #EncryptedDNS #DoH #DoT #DoQ #ECH #SmartTVSpying #ISPTracking #NetworkPrivacy #HomeNetworking #RaspberryPi #Quad9 #CloudflareDNS #ControlD #CleanBrowsing #DNSFilter #OpenDNS #HomeNetworkSecurity #DadExplainsEverything

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